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by Aquila Rossa
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: Studio, recording, tips and tricks
Topic: Free DAW plugins
Replies: 171
Views: 130501

Re: Free DAW plugins

Softube are offering a free VCA compressor. It requires an account and iLok though, but that a lot easier than it used to be.

https://www.softube.com/vca-compressor
by Aquila Rossa
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Guitar food groups and must try guitar sounds
Replies: 28
Views: 2781

Re: Guitar food groups and must try guitar sounds

Middle position on a Les Paul that has coil splits. Run the bridge pup as a humbucker for bite and the neck one split for clarity and fullness. Blend volume and tone controls to taste. Some cool tones can be had.
by Aquila Rossa
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

I bought a JJ 12AX7S because the short plate design is supposed to have very low microphonics and noise. Nope. The trusty old Shuguang 12AX7Bs in there are much less noisy, less microphonic, and sound nicer too. Still my favourite modern production ECC83 valve. Too bad the factory burned down. Supp...
by Aquila Rossa
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Bass Guitars
Topic: My very own gibson shocker
Replies: 31
Views: 1428

Re: My very own gibson shocker

Starfire wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:38 pm Looks fine. Only a bass, innit.

Could always refin the whole thing in a more exciting colour. Sunburst is for boomers. :sarc:
It's for Gen X too. Sad the younger gens often have such bad taste. Oh well. :P
by Aquila Rossa
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Bass Guitars
Topic: My very own gibson shocker
Replies: 31
Views: 1428

Re: My very own gibson shocker

I little bit of work by a suitably qualified pro and that thing would be playing a treat. It's gorgeous. P.S. Them breaking just comes with the territory. Mahogany territory. I've been lucky with Gibson since the '80s, but the one Les Paul I gave to my nephew broke the day he graduated school and pi...
by Aquila Rossa
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Large Headstocks on Strats
Replies: 24
Views: 923

Re: Large Headstocks on Strats

PRS should do a big headstock '70s inspired Silver Sky :P

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by Aquila Rossa
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

I bought a JJ 12AX7S because the short plate design is supposed to have very low microphonics and noise. Nope. The trusty old Shuguang 12AX7Bs in there are much less noisy, less microphonic, and sound nicer too. Still my favourite modern production ECC83 valve. Too bad the factory burned down. Suppo...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

You're speaking my language with that tone. Sounds great! Cheers. It's getting there. It's partly down to how the lad is playing the riff. He's got the thing we need to sound good. The thing some players just have and others like me have to work hard to get. Lucky him. I am thinking of ordering one...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

You're speaking my language with that tone. Sounds great! Cheers. It's getting there. It's partly down to how the lad is playing the riff. He's got the thing we need to sound good. The thing some players just have and others like me have to work hard to get. Lucky him. I am thinking of ordering one...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

That sounds killa Cheers. A guy over the north shore built it. I can not remember his name. He builds lots of Marshall style amps. He said the amp was going for the Live At The Apollo tone. AC/DC I presume, because it sounded like Malcolm's JTM45 to me, with a bit of Angus' Plexi mixed in. He did n...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Tone and Style
Topic: YouTube goodness
Replies: 6647
Views: 1341019

Re: YouTube goodness

Have you lot seen this one? A dead pan telling of the story of Rindercella. It's "WTF?" at first, but effing funny if you can follow the spoonerism and the northern accent (I am rusty, but it sounds Lancs to me).

by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

P.S. Caleb has been around guitars all his life. His dad was in a NZ metal band called Confessor that supported Megadeth and Motorhead etc. He's getting quite good, but is busy finishing his jewelry making apprenticeship right now. I have almost convinced him to get in a band. He'll wanna use my amp...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:08 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
Replies: 14
Views: 418

My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).

Just a quick sample of the amp's tone. It's very loud, so it's overloading my phone's mic a tad. It's good enough to hear what the amp does though. It's my nephew Caleb playing the guitar after I had quickly dialed up a tone. Not too bad for our first attempt after slightly modding the amp to a diff...
by Aquila Rossa
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: 10m RA taper / 3M RA
Replies: 6
Views: 420

Re: 10m RA taper / 3M RA

Lots of Alpha brand pots on Aliexpress, but finding actual Alpha ones with those values and the correct US size shafts will be like looking for a needle in a haystack, e.g., searching '1 meg pot ' will give you lots of results for weed and megladon t-shirts etc. Very cheap shipping though P.S. This ...
by Aquila Rossa
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: GAS
Topic: Cable recommendations
Replies: 15
Views: 581

Re: Cable recommendations

This is an old and boring subject, but what are the good cable options these days? I used to buy Freedom and Lava cables from Ryan, but the virtually all the cables I’ve bought since have been disappointingly flimsy. What are good, solid options these days, that aren’t super expensive? My old Freed...